October 11, 2000
NAVISTAR'S EXECS MIGHT SEE WISDOM OF MERGER
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIS the management of Navistar ready to cry "Uncle?" Few companies ever get to see their largest shareholders hold an unsanctioned meeting to decide what should be done about poor...
PRICE-FIXERS TO PAY NYS $25M
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amSix big vitamin companies have reached a massive $255 million settlement with states, including New York, for an international price-fixing conspiracy between them that illegally boosted consumer costs for a...
NASDAQ FALLS OFF THE TRACK - INDEX DROPS 3.4% AS 1B SHARES ARE DUMPED
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe Nasdaq composite index plunged again yesterday - losing 3.4 percent of its value and pushing the tech-heavy index down almost 25 percent since the beginning of September. "Investors have...
AT&T'S ARMSTRONG CAVES IN; WILL MEET MCCALL, HEVESI
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amAT&T apparently wasn't too concerned about its two largest investors' interest in its sagging stock price - until the shareholders went public. On Sept. 25, the comptrollers of New York...
YAHOO! TOPS ESTIMATES, MAY STEM TECH SLIDE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIn an announcement that may stem the panic in tech stocks today, Yahoo! told investors after the bell last night that it had higher third-quarter sales and earnings than expected....
MA BELL PLAN SETS OFF ALARMS - WANTS TO CHARGE FEES FOR ONLINE PURCHASES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amAT&T is looking for new ways to bring in cash - but its latest plan has consumers up in arms. Ma Bell is considering a plan to charge Internet retailers...
URBANFETCH TO CUSTOMERS: GO GET IT YOURSELF!
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amUrbanfetch has delivered its last cookie. The instant delivery service closed down its business-to-consumer service last night, saying it was a money-wasting proposition. It will concentrate on Urbanfetch Express, its...
AUTHORS FEUD WITH '60 MINUTES'
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amDAVID Fisher and Rick Murdock - the co-authors of "Patient Number One" from Crown Books - are infuriated that CBS' top show, "60 Minutes," backed away from plans to air...
'GEORGE' JUGGERNAUT - 'SEINFELD' ALUM HELMS COMEDY FILM, EYES TV RETURN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIN "Looking at You," a kid is so obsessed with seeing someone "doing it," he spies on his mom.If that kind of squirm-inducing behavior recalls George Costanza, don't tell that...
SHIRLEY AT THE HELM
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amMEET Shirley MacLaine, indie filmmaker!Yes, one of Hollywood's most established stars has made her directing debut with a scrappy little film that will have its first East Coast showing this...
A MENU TO PERU-SE WITH HEARTY APPETITE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE chickens did it.My guests confessed that the plump little birds spinning in Cocina Cuzco's window rotisserie first lured them into this lively new Peruvian restaurant on Avenue A. They've...
TEA AND SYMPATHY - RUSSIAN SHOWPLACE TAKES A MORE COMRADELY APPROACH
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amLAST spring, the new Russian Tea Room looked more like the new Russian government, with its ailing leaders, questionable economy and internal struggles.But unlike Mother Russia, the restaurant is getting...
BETTE-R DAYS - DIVINE ONE MAKES AN M FOR MISTAKE WITH SITCOM
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amBETTE Midler is larger than life, and after watching the first episode of her new TV series, "Bette," it's pretty clear that larger than life is too big for the...
'THE RED STUFF' ISN'T RIGHT
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIN an era when our former Cold War adversaries are too frequently caricatured as technologically backward, thick-fingered, vodka-sodden peasants and the Russians have been forced to sell places on their...
REGIS GIVES CO-HOST E! FOR EFFORT
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIS leggy blond E! personality Suzanne Sena a favorite to replace Kathie Lee Gifford on "Live with Regis"? "Live" executive producer Michael Gelman has asked the host of E!'s "Celebrity...
NEW BERNSTEIN RELEASES IN 10-CD BOXED SET
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amJUST how prolific was Leonard Bernstein?A decade after his death, we're still hearing new things from him - specifically, 13 hours worth of live recordings which were never previously released...
EAT TO THE BEAT AT SUSHI SAMBA
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amSUSHI Samba, the sushi bar with a Latin beat and an Israeli general manager, is expanding its physical horizons.The original eatery, a small, bright-colored place at 245 Park Ave. South,...
THE STARR REPORT
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amCh. 2 switch is a debate glitch Local viewers with hearing difficulties were disappointed when last Sunday's Hillary Clinton-Rick Lazio debate on Ch. 2 was not closed-captioned as promised. The...
FANS BRAVE CHILL FOR RADIOHEAD
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE 2,900 tickets to Radiohead's surprise show at Roseland tonight were snapped up in four minutes after going on sale yesterday at 9 a.m. Fans began lining up outside Roseland...
NYC BASHERS NOT 'WELCOME'
October 11, 2000 | 4:00am'WELCOME to New York" would be a lot more satisfying if the show's Indiana weatherman character got to kick each of his obnoxious colleagues in the teeth. A well-aimed foot...
'AIDA' HAS ITS AD-VANTAGES - GOOD BUZZ, SMART CAMPAIGN BOOST SALES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S time to give "Aida" its due.Sneered at by the critics, snubbed by the Tonys and ridiculed by a large part of the theater world, Disney's $15 million pop remake...
OUR BX. 'CODGERS' WILL NEED GUILE - SHRINKS: AGING YANKS MUST OUTSMART SEATTLE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe aging and battered World Champion Yankees must depend on their veteran wiles over their slipping skills to advance to the World Series, sports psychologists said yesterday. With the wear-and-tear...
'JINGLE' IS FINE, 'JIGGLE' IS NOT
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amSanta Claus can have a big belly - but a shapely chest is a no-no. That's the ruling of a Kentucky court that tossed the discrimination case of a department-store...
EX-SPICER GERI WINS 'TOP' HONOR
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amMove over, Madonna; beat it, Britney - a new survey says former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has the best breasts in showbiz. Pink Ribbon magazine - which chronicles women's health...
'MILLIONAIRE' AIDE IN 5-FLOOR FALL
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amA researcher for "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" plunged five stories from the roof of her Upper East Side apartment building yesterday while fixing her TV antenna, cops said....
SCHOOL LAYOUTS GOING ONLINE FOR CRISIS USE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education is putting 1,100 school-safety plans online to help authorities better respond in the event of a Columbine-like disaster and other emergencies, The Post has learned. With...
CLINTONS PLAN QUIET 25TH
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The first couple celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary today, but it doesn't sound as if they're planning on a night of fireworks. The Clintons plan to spend the...
LAZIO BIDS TO CASH IN NATIONWIDE - '$TEALTH' ADS STEER FUNDS TO WEB SITE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio yesterday faced new questions about his fund-raising after it was revealed his Senate campaign is running an anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton TV commercial across the country to boost his...
I'LL TRY ANYTHING TO GET MY KASEY BACK - ONE MOM'S BATTLE WITH AUTISM
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIn the second of a three-part series about the alarming rise in autism cases, The Post examines the debate about promising treatments - and parents' desperate search for a cure....
A PARENT SEARCHES FOR RELIEF IN A PILL
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amRitalin was a disaster and the Prozac study hasn't impressed her, but Queens mom Kerry Wright believes there's a drug out there to help her 7-year-old daughter, Megan. Diagnosed with...
BEHAVIOR THERAPY WORKING FOR JAKE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amSitting at his little wooden table surrounded by his favorite toys, Jake Trevor looks like any other adorable 2-year-old at play. At first glance, a stranger would have no clue...
MEG: QUAID NEVER STRAYED - SAYS UNION WAS PURE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amMeg Ryan has broken her silence about her steamy affair with actor Russell Crowe - insisting she and hubby Dennis Quaid called it quits long before she got involved with...
DR. LAURA ATONES FOR 'ANTI-GAY' REMARKS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIn the spirit of the Jewish high holy days, Dr. Laura Schlessinger is asking gays and lesbians' forgiveness. In a full-page ad appearing in today's issue of Daily Variety, Schlessinger,...
TOWN CELEBRATES, BUT FEW FORGET DARKEST DAYS IN '93
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amDeli manager Anthony Cefaloni had just ducked out of the kitchen at On a Roll in East Fishkill yesterday when one of his regular customers told him the big news...
DOC: TRY SEX RX TO LOOK YOUNGER
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amForget the plastic surgery and skip the miracle creams - the real way to look younger is by having sex and plenty of it! That's the conclusion of a new...
SLOBBO MOB STILL TRYING TO SPOIL THE FUN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFear of political violence swept across newly liberated Serbia yesterday as allies of deposed strongman Slobodan Milosevic walked out of talks aimed at forming a new government. Five days after...
MEGADEAL: IBM 'CHIPS' IN BILLIONS FOR N.Y. PLANT
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - IBM announced plans yesterday to build a cutting-edge computer-chip plant in Dutchess County - buoyed by a whopping $659 million in government incentives. The $2.5 billion project, which...
RICK SPOT TRIES TO EDUCATE VOTERS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amCANDIDATE: Rick LazioTITLE: "Education"LENGTH: 30 secondsAIRING: StatewidePRODUCED BY: Mike MurphySCRIPT: Announcer: "Rick Lazio. In Congress he voted for the largest federal investment in public education in history." Lazio: "I think...
ASIAN COP TELLS JURY RACIAL JOKES 'OFFENSIVE'
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amA Chinese-American cop assigned to protect Mayor Giuliani's family testified yesterday that he was subjected to race-taunting jokes and denied assignments because he is Asian. Detective Robert Chu, who worked...
'70S USE OF THE PILL LINKED TO BREAST CANCER
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amAn alarming new study suggests women with a strong family history of breast cancer may be even more at risk if they took birth-control pills before 1975. For years, there...
VEEP HAD BETTER NOT BELITTLE BIG TOBACCO HERE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. AL GORE, straining to get into "The Guinness Book of Records" for serving up more Whoppers than Burger King, must be on his best behavior tonight. None of...
JACKIE CLOCK GOES 'HOME' FOR $25,000
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amA $25,000 bid at auction yesterday means it's back home to Newport, R.I., for a clock featured in a 1953 photo of Jackie Kennedy Onassis waiting to toss her wedding...
YOUNG FLUNK VOTE QUIZ
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amOne-third of the young people surveyed in a recent poll could not name the major presidential candidates. And more than 75 percent of the 16- to 21-year-olds failed to identify...
DREAM SERIES COULD BE A NIGHTMARE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFor 2-year-old David Lapidus and his family, a Subway Series would be the ultimate civil war. Like his parents, the toddler is a diehard Mets fan. He's Mets-merized the names...
4 AMERICAN NOBELS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFour Americans were among the six scientists awarded Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry yesterday. Jack Kilby, 77, who helped invent the computer chip in 1958 and co-invented the calculator,...
JUDGE UNPLUGS CON ED REBATE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amA federal judge nixed a $162 million rebate for Con Ed customers yesterday after deciding a state law ordering the one-time giveback was unconstitutional. The state unfairly punished the "politically...
SILVER ANNIVERSARY OF A TARNISHED MARRIAGE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amHE SPENT a portion of his 22nd with Monica. On his 23rd, he was alone. Today, Bill Clinton is in a bind. Unless some miracle of diplomatic timing drags him...
KNOBLAUCH'S MOTHER FEELS HER SON'S PAIN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE feeling was altogether unfamiliar. The reserve players for the first round of the playoffs were being announced, and Linda Knoblauch heard her son's name boom over the loudspeakers. She...
I'LL GET IT RIGHT TONIGHT: GORE - HE'LL TELL TRUTH OR BE CUT DOWN TO SIGHS IN DEBATE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amGREENSBORO, N.C. - In a stunning 'fess-up, Democrat Al Gore admitted yesterday he'd better tell the whole truth - and skip the snide sighs - to try to catch rival...
DIALLO-SLAY BUILDING IS UP FOR SALE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe red-brick Bronx apartment building where West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot and killed in a blaze of 41 cop bullets has been quietly put up for sale. Neighbors...
HEART WOES CLAIM 2ND BX. SCHOOLKID
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amA Bronx special-ed student with a history of heart problems died yesterday after complaining of chest pains at school, cops said. Herberto Velasquez, 14, a severely emotionally disturbed student who...
NEW SCHOOLS PROBER HAS 'FINEST' TRAINING
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amChancellor Harold Levy's new scandal prober has hired a team of New York's Finest to help clean up the city school system. Thomas Hyland, the Board of Education's new director...
SISTER OF SLAIN BIERENBAUM WIFE TESTIFIES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amGail Katz Bierenbaum was murdered only a month after she threatened to ruin her husband's medical career with a damaging letter from his psychiatrist, her sister tearily testified yesterday. Alayne...
MO. TOWN HAS THE AIN'T LOUIS BLUES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Vince Lombardi, who said winning is the only thing, wouldn't have thought much of St. Louis. A Midwestern inferiority complex has given this town the idea that...
VALLONE AIDE LEAVES JOB TO RUN CAMPAIGN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Peter Vallone's top aide, Bruce Bender, a key behind-the-scenes player, resigned yesterday. Vallone announced that Bender was taking a leave of absence from his $155,000-a-year job to...
KOCH DOES ABOUT-FACE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFormer Mayor Ed Koch yesterday turned a testy slap at Hillary Rodham Clinton into an air kiss, saying he'd changed his mind about the first lady's response to the latest...
JOE D.'S ESTATE OKS FRISCO PARK
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amAt last, the word is "Play ball" at San Francisco's Joe DiMaggio North Beach Playground. DiMaggio's estate has settled its lawsuit over San Francisco's plans to rededicate the playground in...
LAZIO BIDS TO CASH IN NATIONWIDE - STEALTHY ADS DIRECT $$ TO HIS WEB SITE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio yesterday faced new questions about his fund-raising after it was revealed his Senate campaign is running an anti-Hillary Rodham Clinton TV commercial across the country to boost his...
FANS: YANKS DOWN - BUT NOT OUT - BOMBERS LOSE, BUT 'ALWAYS BATTLE BACK'
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe Yanks hit a bump on the way to a Subway Series yesterday, losing to the Seattle Mariners 2-0 in The Bronx - but fans said they're confident the Bombers...
INMATE GRIFTER GRABS HOSTAGE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amCon man and killer Kenneth Kimes took a Court TV reporter captive - holding a pen to her throat - in a bizarre 41/2-hour standoff at an upstate prison yesterday,...
GREGORY IS ULTIMATE WARRIOR
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amSteve Gregory still feels guilty. "I let the team down," Gregory said. "I almost cost us the game." Gregory fumbled with 2:24 to go in the fourth quarter on Saturday,...
TORRE: WE GOTTA STOP 'OTHER GUYS' - BOMBES' BOSS WANTS BASES CLEAR FOR A-ROD, EDGAR
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amJoe Torre said the Yankees spent as much time discussing how to get out Mark McLemore as they did Alex Rodriguez and Edgar Martinez when the manager held a pre-ALCS...
BOMBERS' BATS STILL STUCK IN FUNKYTOWN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amJOE TORRE said he would believe until he turned blue that the Yankees would begin to hit, and they finally did. For one inning. Of course, that inning was big...
NEAGLE NO. 1 BY DEFAULT - EASY CHOICE - JOE HAD NOBODY ELSE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFOR the better part of the past five years, when Denny Neagle was mired behind the likes of Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and John Smoltz in the Braves' pitching...
CROSSROADS OF HISTORY - '95 LOSS WAS END OF BUCK, BEGINNING OF DYNASTY
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIF ONLY Buck Showalter had known, Joe Torre would probably have gone into retirement recognized as one of baseball's greatest losers. If only Showalter had known, Don Mattingly might have...
ANCIENT MARINER EDGAR KEEPS GETTING BETTER
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFor most batters, baseball is a game of failure. Not Seattle's designated hitter Edgar Martinez. This man is a hitting machine, a player who can hit for average and power;...
BEWARE OF BUSCH-WACKERS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The Cardinals' clubhouse at Busch Stadium and Mets' residence at Shea might be half a continent apart, but the information highway allows for quotes to travel at...
HAMPTON HAS SHOT TO REDEEM HIMSELF
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Simply, it comes down to a matter of guts. Mike Hampton knows that. He knows now more than ever that's what these Mets are all about. "This...
KILE MIGHT GET CHANCE TO BE THREE-MENDOUS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - This time there will be no last-second, sleight-of-hand; no three-card-monty with his pitchers. This time, when the St. Louis and the Mets open the NLCS tonight, it...
RICE INSISTS HE'S NO SLOUCH ON 'D'
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amGlen Rice has been as happy as a clam during his first week-and-a-half with the Knicks, the life of the locker room, always with a smile glued onto his face....
VAN: ZO TALK PREMATURE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Jeff Van Gundy refuses to talk about what Alonzo Mourning's absence this season will mean to the Knicks. Van Gundy said he feels it's in poor taste until...
NYRA'S NOE SET TO STEP DOWN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amKenny Noe Jr., 72, the chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Racing Association since 1995, is expected to announce his resignation today, according to reliable sources. Noe's...
GIANTS LOOKING TO GET OFFENSIVE BEFORE THE BYE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amJIM Fassel knows how to coach a team playing prior to its bye week. He's 3-0 in such situations. Jim Fassel does not know how to coach a team playing...
JETS STILL HAVE RAY OF HOPE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amA year ago, there was panic in the streets amongst desperate and disconsolate Jet fans. Vinny Testaverde was out for the season, his left Achilles tendon as mangled as his...
BEERS & BURGERS BATTLING THE BREEZE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amTHE docks behind Salivar's in Montauk were very busy on Monday as the midday changeover from the morning trips to afternoon trips had anglers coming and going. It is October...
DEVILS WANT TO BE PRESIDENTIAL
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThere is a glaring hole in the Devils' trophy case that Larry Robinson wants to fill. The coach who tossed away a shot at a fourth straight Eastern Conference title...
CARDS FOUND WILL TO WIN JUST IN TIME
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - To fully grasp the importance of Will Clark to the Cardinals, you have to understand the size of the shoes he filled. Jim Edmonds called Mark McGwire...
DUNSTON TIPS HIS CAP TO FORMER MET MATES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Apparently you can take Shawon Dunston out of New York, but you can't take the New York - or the Met - out of Shawon Dunston. After...
DAVIS: HOME NEST IS KEY FOR REDBIRDS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amCARDINAL NOTES ST. LOUIS - Eric Davis has heard Turk Wendell's sighs of relief that the Mets are playing the Cardinals. The veteran outfielder knows the Mets have openly proclaimed...
MOURNING'S MUM ON KIDNEY WOES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe reports have claimed the NBA's reigning Defensive Player of the Year needs a kidney transplant. But Alonzo Mourning has asked that the exact nature of his condition not be...
BLUESHIRTS COVET TKACHUK
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amWhile the Rangers prepare to honor 75 years of franchise history as a prelude to tonight's Garden opener against Montreal, there are strong indications that Keith Tkachuk will soon become...
SCOTT, NETS EAGER FOR HEAT BATTLE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amByron Scott took out his frustrations on the Nets, forcing them through nearly four hours of practice yesterday. Now the Nets hope to unleash their frustrations against the Heat in...
D'BACKS, DODGERS PURSUING CHAMBLISS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amChris Chambliss, the Yankee hitting coach, has been contacted for two managing vacancies. Joe Garagiola Jr., Diamondbacks GM and former general counsel with the Yankees, has called Chambliss about possibly...
MARIUSZ EXPECTS MORE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amInnocently, Mariusz Czerkawski has painted himself into a corner. An all-star with 35 goals and 70 points last season, the fourth-year Islander now has high standards to live up to....
BOBBY V, LA RUSSA SET FOR BRAIN BATTLE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Say this for Bobby Valentine - he has a little fun in his media sessions. When Valentine was asked yesterday if he learned any lessons from the...
BOSS DENIES BEING PETTY WITH ATHLETICS' OWNERS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner was a poor loser within a Division Series he would eventually win. Steinbrenner was annoyed at a group of fans at the Oakland Coliseum, who were beating drums...
TURK'S BEEN RE-MARK-ABLE VS. MCGWIRE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - If you know anything about Turk Wendell, you know he owns a hunting rifle, a penchant for crossword puzzles, an animal-tooth necklace. And you know he owns...
RELIEVER CAN'T WAIT TO PAY BACK EDMONDS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS - Reliever Rick White isn't taking anything he said about "showboating" MVP candidate Jim Edmonds back. However, he is saying he plans on returning the favor...
PRESSURE'S ON PIAZZA TO PRODUCE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The questions about his team's inability to beat the Braves died when the Braves were swept in the National League Division Series. The questions about his own...
AL: ARMS TALKS KEY FOR METS' HURLERS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The secret to the Mets' pitching success isn't just in their arms, it's in their heads as well. Listen to Al Leiter, who is scheduled to start...
BEATING OUT METS NOT IN THE CARDS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - They haven't been there since '86, when Doc and Darryl, Mex and Wally, Bobby Ojeda and Lenny played so hard off the field and even harder on...
METS GLAD BRAVES ARE GONE - BUT AMAZIN'S UNDERSTAND CARDS WON'T BE SOFT TOUCH
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - The Mets know this is their best shot. They are four wins from the World Series and the Braves are gone. They say they aren't overconfident, but...
BETTER THAN HORRI-BULL
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Despite a lackluster start against potentially the league's worst team, the Knicks opened the post-Patrick Ewing era with a 96-91 victory over the "Horri-Bulls" in last night's preseason...
GEORGE, KNOBBY MAKE UP
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amEnding weeks of tension, George Steinbrenner and Chuck Knoblauch finally cleared the air before last night's game, The Post has learned. Steinbrenner, wearing a casual blue windbreaker, strutted proudly into...
LOU: THANKS FOR MEMORIES
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amHe was known as Sweet Lou when he played for the Yankees, a respectful reference to his sweet swing. He played in pinstripes for 11 years, managed the team for...
HALAMA LACKING BROOKLYN BRAVADO
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThey say you can take the boy out of Brooklyn but you can't take Brooklyn out of the boy. This apparently is news to Seattle pitcher John Halama, who will...
GARCIA COMES UP AS BIG AS BIG UNIT EVER DID
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFreddy Garcia said he was ready to go. And away he went last night. The Seattle starter mowed down the Yankees, pitching 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball as the...
GRUMPY EL DUQUE ON SPOT TODAY
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amToday, Orlando Hernandez will turn either 31 or 35, depending on what publication you believe. In the Major League Handbook by Stats Inc., Hernandez will be 35. The Yankee media...
A-ROD DRAWS FIRST BLOOD - HOMERS WHILE DEREK GOES HITLESS
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe ball jumped off Alex Rodriguez's bat and soared through the Bronx night, taking a dead bead on the left-field foul pole. Rodriguez took a few steps toward first base...
RICKEY THRIVES ON BEING THE MAN YOU LOVE TO HATE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amIf Yankee fans take one thing from last night's 2-0 loss to the Mariners, let it be this: Lay off Rickey Henderson. Love him or hate him, know this about...
JETER, PAUL OVERMATCHED
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amDEREK Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are the best of friends, Paul O'Neill and Lou Piniella something quite the opposite. All four work hard to underplay that the relationships mean anything...
O'NEILL UNDERSTANDS GOING TO HILL IN A PINCH
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amSure, Glenallen Hill has been deadly as a pinch-hitter, but it was still one the strangest moments in recent Yankee history last night when Paul O'Neill was called back from...
DENNY ANSWERS OPENING CALL - BUT TEAMMATES LET DOWN LEFTY
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amFOR much of the month of September, Denny Neagle did the Yankees no good at all. Last night, the Yankees returned the favor. On the same night Neagle pitched his...
GRIMSLEY IN, JOSE OUT
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre is going with 11 hurlers for the first time in his post-season managerial career and that strategy forced Jose Canseco off the Yankees' roster for the...
BULLPEN KEEPS YANKS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amThe Yankee offense might not be effective but the bullpen certainly has been. Jeff Nelson continued his post-season domination, embarrassing hitters with his dipping, diving slider, rookie Randy Choate showed...
YANKS CAN'T GET RID OF THE DEAD WOOD - GARCIA SHUTS DOWN BOMBERS IN GAME 1; A-ROD BLASTS HR
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 1: Mariners 2 - Yankees 0 If Joe Torre put his lineup in a boat on the Harlem River last night and tipped it over, there would have been...
THEY'RE MEN WITHOUT BATS - YANKS' LUMBER STILL STUCK IN FUNKYTOWN
October 11, 2000 | 4:00amJOE Torre said he would believe until he turned blue that the Yankees would begin to hit, and they finally did. For one whole inning, Sunday night against the A's,...